Shenandoah Valley Battlefields

Preserving the Shenandoah Valley’s historic landscapes and managing the National Historic District

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Planning to visit one of our Battlefields within the Shenandoah Valley? Head to our website and download one of our free driving tours to accompany you on your trip!

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Then and now of the Rice House during our recent tour of the New Market Battlefield.

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Join Civil War Digital Digest and us as we explore the attack on the Confederate left at Fishers Hill! Link is in the comments!

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After this evenings rain in New Market, Mother Nature provided for some beautiful scenery.

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Rudes Hill is a 981-ft hill between the towns of New Market & Mt Jackson. The Hill is known for its strategically placed elevation on which many Civil War events occurred.

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Kate Sperry, an 18 year old resident of Winchester who kept a diary noting every day life in the war-torn Shenandoah Valley. Her diary particularly gives us a look into how the younger generation viewed the conflict.

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162 years ago today, the First Battle of Kernstown. The first major battle in the Shenandoah Valley. During the battle, soldiers of Co.G 27th Virginia & the 1st West Virginia fought over a stone wall. Both units were raised in the same town of Wheeling (West)Virginia.

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Frederick Holliday was a Winchester Lawyer that rose from Captain of the ‘Mountain Rangers’ to command of the Stonewall Brigade’s 33rd VA Infantry. He was wounded at Cedar Mtn & served the rest of the war with the 2nd C.S. Congress. He later became the 38th Governor of Virginia!

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The Battle of Tom’s Brook in October of 1864 pitted two old friends against one another, George Custer & Thomas Rosser. When they saw eachother on the field, Custer removed his hat and bowed to Rosser. To learn more about Tom’s Brook, visit our link in the comments!

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Were just over a month away from our next conference! From April 11-13 we’ll be covering New Market, Piedmont, & Lynchburg centered out of the Hotel Madison in Harrisonburg. To learn more, visit our link in the comments!

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We’re negotiating now to save properties on battlefields throughout the Shenandoah Valley, but in order to clear the way for these new efforts, we have to wrap up a few old ones including parcels at New Market, Tom’s Brook & Third Winchester. To learn more, visit our link below!

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Shenandoah People: Frederick Lander. A native of Salem, Mass, he found success as a poet in the early part of the Civil War & led a charge during the skirmish at the Bloomery Gap, protecting the B&O Railroad while routing the Rebels. Just weeks later, he died of pneumonia.

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Thank you to everyone who came out to help us build fence on the New Market Battlefield yesterday! Despite the cold wet weather to start the morning, we had a great turnout & got a lot done!